The Fourth UN Environment Assembly was held in Nairobi, Kenya on March 11, 2019. Li Xikui, secretary general of the CPAFFC, led 30 Chinese entrepreneurs including few from Tibet Autonomous Region to attend the opening ceremony.
On the afternoon of March 11th, the CPAFFC and the National Federation of Industry and Commerce jointly organized a parallel session entitled "Entrepreneurs of China Contribute to the World's Third Pole Eco-environmental Protection Conference"
Mr. Li Xikui, the IUCN President Mr. Zhang Xinsheng, Vice President of the Federation of Industry and Commerce of Tibet Autonomous Region Mr. Phurbu Tsering, Secretary General of China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation Mr. Zhou Jinfeng,as well as more than 100 experts and scholars from the fields of global environmental protection and new energy discussed and focusing on the changes in the global environment and how to protect the world's third pole.
In the speech of Mr. Li Xikui said that as a responsible member of the country and an important member of the international community, China is committed to practicing the new development concept, achieving harmonious coexistence between man and nature, and cooperating with protection and development. We adhere to environmental friendliness and promoting green “Belt and Road” construction, supporting UNEP policy decisions, improving administrative efficiency and execution, and strive to play a greater role in the global environmental governance system.
Mr. Zhang Xinsheng said that the protection for the Third pole in Tibet has an irreplaceable role in the entire global environment protection, on which the entrepreneurs have played a great role. Chinese entrepreneurs have proved their ability on it no less than that of any European or American country. Tibetan entrepreneurs have demonstrated international responsibility for the Third-pole environmental protection.
Mr. Phurbu pointed out that the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is the "Third pole in the world". The Tibetan people and people of all nationalities are interdependent and integrated with the ecological environment of the plateau. Private enterprises in Tibet are the beneficiaries of clear waters and green mountains and they are the practitioners of ecological civilization construction. Protecting the ecological environment means developing productive forces. Meanwhile, "lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, ice and snow are also invaluable assets." This concept is gradually gaining popularity.
The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world's highest level environmental decision-making body. The Environmental Conference is held every two years to define priorities to global environmental policies and to develop international environmental laws. The theme of this conference was “Innovative solutions to environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production”.
Photographed by Liu Wenwen
